Beiträge zur Rechtsgeschichte Österreichs 14. Jahrgang Heft 2/2024, pp. 127-137, 2024/11/13
Mittel- und osteuropäische Rechtshistorische Konferenz 2023
Central and Eastern European Legal History Conference 2023
Many studies have attempted to explore the foreign sources of the Hungarian Golden Bull, but the relationship between the Hungarian Golden Bull and canon law has been little studied. The present research attempts to review the influence of canon law on the Hungarian Golden Bull, with particular reference to the Decretum, the papal decretals, and the works of the decretalists. In studying the question of the influence of canon law on the Hungarian Golden Bull, we show that, in addition to the Decretum Gratiani and the papal decretals, among others, probably the Apparatus on the Compilatio tertia of Johannes Teutonicus and the Brocardica of Damasus Hungarus had a significant influence on the drafters of the Hungarian Golden Bull.
Keywords: Bulla Aurea – canon law – Damasus Hungarus – excommunication – Hungarian Golden Bull – Johannes Teutonicus – oath – quarta puellaris – tithe
